To ensure diversity, elite universities set academic standards for Asian students that are higher than that for even whites to prevent high-scoring Asians dominating the universities if admissions were based solely on merit.

Referring to the legislation brought by Tamil Nadu government, earmarking 65 per cent quota of seats to protect the local students, Bedi said that Puducherry government could have also brought in a legislation.

The petitioners had challenged the state government's order issued on July 7, providing that for academic session 2017-18, the students for AYUSH course would be taken on the basis of the merit list of the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET).

The Delhi government today decided to "relax" its rules and grant admission in its school to Madhu, a Pakistani migrant girl, who has been struggling to secure admission due to lack of required documents.

With the city witnessing a spurt in dengue cases, Delhi Government has issued an advisory to all hospitals asking them not to deny admission to patients affected by the vector-borne disease and postpone elective procedures so that such patients could be given proper care.

The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir police today arrested a person from Bengaluru for allegedly duping people of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of giving them admission in various colleges in Karnataka.

The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its verdict on a bunch of pleas by students of other state education boards who have challenged a notification of the Delhi University for calculating cut-offs for admission in various colleges under it and have sought a uniform admission system.

The Madras High Court on Saturday ruled that a school's management could not be compelled to admit a student if it is not satisfied with the pupil's character and discipline even though he or she is meritorious.

The process of admission to 54,000 seats in Delhi University's undergraduate courses will commence on Thursday with the varsity putting in place "strong, dedicated" servers to deal with the huge traffic expected online.

Delhi University's counselling sessions for admission aspirants, 'Open Days', will begin on Thursday in which students as well as parents can seek answers to their queries about the admission process for 2015-16 academic session.